If only you’d been born a son,
Your father’s life would have been much easier.
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If only you’d given me a proper education
My life would have been so much easier
If only you didn’t deem me less than my brothers
My self worth would have been much higher
If only you believed in all that I could achieve
I would’ve been so much happier
If only you allowed me to achieve my potential
The world would progress much faster.
If only you didn’t underestimate half the world’s population
We would all be much better for it.
If only you didn’t
Think my education was worthless
Deem me unworthy of investment
If only you didn’t
Push me down to raise the men around me
If only you’d let me grow into an intelligent, educated woman
If only you’d deemed me human and not a burden.
If only
If only you were capable of empathy
If only we deserved the claim of equality.
If only.
We don’t ask for much,
Just a basic plea of humanity.
Don’t let another little girl have a reason to say
“If Only.
Prisha Khimavat
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